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No. 23 Texas A&M aims to hand Oregon first loss at Players Era
Undefeated Oregon and No. 23 Texas A&M will collide Tuesday afternoon in Las Vegas in the second game of the new Players Era Festival.,Both teams are in the "Power" group of the eight-team event. All eight teams are receiving $1 million for their name, image and likeness (NIL) collectives, but placi...
Report: Texans S Jalen Pitre (pectoral) expected out for weeks
Houston Texans starting safety Jalen Pitre is expected to be out multiple weeks after partially tearing a pectoral muscle on Sunday in the 32-27 home loss to the Tennessee Titans, NFL Network reported on Monday afternoon.,Pitre won't have surgery at this point, according to the report, and his retur...
Fall grind pays big dividends for Maverick McNealy, others
While most of the elite golfers in the world have been taking extended time off this fall or playing a few big events on the DP World Tour, Maverick McNealy has been among those grinding on the FedEx Cup Fall slate.,The 29-year-old played seven of the eight events, spanning the United States, Japan,...
Dax McCarty says farewell after 19 MLS seasons
Midfielder Dax McCarty's 19-year MLS career ended Sunday with Atlanta United's 1-0 loss to Orlando City SC in the MLS Cup Playoffs.,McCarty, 37, announced his decision to retire in August. He departs after 523 career appearances including the postseason, third in league history behind Nick Rimando (...
Marina Alex retires after more than a decade on LPGA Tour
Add Marina Alex to the list of players who have retired from the LPGA Tour this year, with the two-time tournament winner calling it a career after she finished tied for 12th in this past weekend's CME Group Tour Championship at Naples, Fla.,The New Jersey native and Vanderbilt alum, who first playe...
Clippers put together blowout, drop 76ers to 3-13
James Harden scored 23 points and Ivica Zubac had 16 points and 12 rebounds as the visiting Los Angeles Clippers earned their fifth straight win by pounding the Philadelphia 76ers 125-99 on Sunday.,In the opener of a four-game road trip, Los Angeles shot 58 percent from the field and 40 percent from...
Galaxy blast Minnesota, advance to West finals
Gabriel Pec, Joseph Paintsil and Dejan Joveljic each scored twice -- with one goal in each half -- and the LA Galaxy earned a 6-2 victory over visiting Minnesota United in Sunday's Western Conference semifinal in Carson, Calif.,Paintsil also had an assist for the second-seeded Galaxy, who will host ...
Will Levis, Titans make big plays late to shock Texans
Will Levis threw a go-ahead 70-yard touchdown pass to Chig Okonkwo in the fourth quarter to help the Tennessee Titans record a stunning 32-27 victory over the host Houston Texans on Sunday afternoon.,Tony Pollard rushed for 119 yards and one touchdown and Nick Westbrook-Ihkine caught a scoring pass ...
Small ball working for Ohio State as Green Bay visits
Though not at full strength, Ohio State seeks a third straight blowout when it hosts Green Bay on Monday in nonconference action in Columbus, Ohio.,The Buckeyes (4-1) defeated Evansville 80-30 and Campbell 104-60, the latter without injured forward Sean Stewart (concussion), guard Ques Glover (ankle...
Oregon still No. 1, but AP Top 25 reshuffled after slew of upsets
Oregon, Ohio State, Texas and Penn State held on to their spots atop the Associated Press Top 25 college football poll, issued Sunday, but the same can't be said for the rest of the teams after a day of upsets on Saturday.,The Ducks (11-0) were idle but remain the unanimous No. 1 team ahead of the t...
Report: Texas QB Quinn Ewers (ankle) to undergo MRI
Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers is set to undergo what is being termed a "precautionary MRI" to determine the extent of an injury he suffered Saturday in the No. 3 Longhorns' 31-14 victory over Kentucky, Orangebloods.com reported.,Per the report, the test will be performed Sunday and is being done to ...
Max Verstappen wraps up fourth straight driver's championship
Max Verstappen clinched his fourth consecutive World Drivers' Championship with a fifth-place finish at the Las Vegas Grand Prix on Saturday, and George Russell led all 50 laps to complete a dream weekend for Mercedes.,Russell finished 7.313 seconds ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton for his second Gr...
Max Verstappen wraps up 4th straight driver's championship
Max Verstappen clinched his fourth consecutive World Drivers' Championship with a fifth-place finish at the Las Vegas Grand Prix late Saturday night, while George Russell led all 50 laps to complete a dream weekend for Mercedes.,Russell finished 7.093 ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton for his second ...
After cruising through 1st round, Galaxy take on Minnesota United
Three victories from the sixth MLS Cup title in franchise history, the Los Angeles Galaxy will play host to Minnesota United on Sunday in the Western Conference semifinals at Carson, Calif., ,Now in single-elimination mode, the MLS Cup playoffs resume after both teams have been away for three weeks ...
Auburn topples No. 15 Texas A&M in 4OT thriller
Auburn's Payton Thorne tossed a two-point scoring pass to KeAndre Lambert-Smith in the fourth overtime to give the host Tigers a 43-41 upset of No. 15 Texas A&M on Saturday night in Southeastern Conference play.,The Aggies had a chance to force another extra session, but Amari Daniels dropped Marcel...
Texas Tech outscores Oklahoma State in wild offensive display
Behren Morton threw for four touchdowns and Tahj Brooks ran for three and caught another as Texas Tech prevailed in a wild game with Oklahoma State, winning 56-48 on Saturday at Stillwater, Okla.,With all the offense, it was a defensive play that perhaps made the biggest difference. Instead of Oklah...
Hobbled Quinn Ewers leads No. 3 Texas past Kentucky
Quinn Ewers passed for 191 yards and two touchdowns while playing the final two and a half quarters with a gimpy right leg as No. 3 Texas handled Kentucky 31-14 on Saturday in a Southeastern Conference dustup in Austin, Texas., ,The Longhorns (10-1, 6-1 SEC) survived despite fumbling six times (they...
Tyrese Maxey, 76ers host Clippers in matchup of short-handed squads
Sunday's showdown between the Philadelphia 76ers and visiting Los Angeles Clippers is not going to materialize in the way Paul George had hoped.,After five seasons with the Clippers, George signed a four-year, $212 million deal with the Sixers in the offseason. However, the team has won only three t...
Texas' balanced scoring enough to beat Saint Joseph's
Tre Johnson scored 17 points to lead four Texas scorers in double figures, and the Longhorns beat Saint Joseph's 67-58 to win the Legends Classic championship on Friday in New York City.,Texas (5-1) went back-and-forth with Saint Joseph's (4-2) for most of the night, combining for eight ties and 10 ...
Short-handed Sixers snap 5-game skid with win over Nets
Jared McCain scored 30 points, Tyrese Maxey added 26, and despite playing without Joel Embiid or Paul George, the Philadelphia 76ers snapped a five-game losing skid on Friday with a 113-98 win over the visiting Brooklyn Nets for their first NBA Cup victory.,The rookie McCain posted his seventh conse...